Machine for carding cotton and other fibers



Aug. 18; 1925.

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T'KANK FLATT Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

UNITED STATES FRANK PLATT, 0F OLDHAM, ENGLAND,

ASSIGNOR TO ASA LEES AND COMPANY i LIMITED, OF OLDHAM, LANCASTER,ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR CARDING COTTON AND OTHER FIBERS.

Application filed February 26, 1924. Serial No. 695,163.

To all whom "it may concern: c

Be it known that I, FRANK PLATT, a subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at 27 Osmond Street, Oldham, in the county of Lancaster,England, have invented new and useful Improvements in or Relating toMachines for Carding Cotton and Other Fibers, of which the following isa specifica tion.

The invention relates to improvements in or relating to machines forcarding cotton and other fibers and has ion its object to provideimproved means for mounting the undercasings of the cylinder and the takr-in roller in such machines, whereby said undercasings may be adjustedas the wire on the cylinder is worn down and when set it close up to thenip or point of contact of the cylinder and the taker-in roller.

The invention also comprises means for holding the undercasing of thetaker-in roller so that the nose of said undercasing can be setrelatively to the taker-in roller with-- out altering the adjustment atthe back part of the undercasing also said under-casing can, if desired,be removed without disturbing the lap.

Further, improved means are provided for mounting the mote knives andadjusting same so that either or both of said mote knives may be inoperation simultaneously.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section,of the takerin mechanism of a carding engine showing the method ofattachment of the undercasings in accordance with the presentinvention.

Figure 2 is a plan of part thereof having the taker-in roller removed,and

Figure 8 is a side elevation of the adjustable bracket carrying thecylinder unden casing.

Referring to the drawingsl represents the cylinder, 2 the taker-inroller which rotates in bearings 3, 4 represents the cylinderundercasing and 5 the taker-in roller undercasing, both of saidunder-casings being a-djustably mounted at 6 and 7 to the side plate 8to which also are adjustably attached the mote knives 9 and 10 at 9 and10*. c

The side plate 8 is provided with a lug or bracket or its equivalent 8by which it is attached to the taker-in roller pedestal 3* by a bolt orequivalent 11.

The taker-in roller undercasing 5 is so constructed and attached to theside plate 8 that the nose 5 may be lowered away from the taker-inroller 2 without altering the relative position at 5", also thisconstruction allows the whole undercasing 5 to be removed withoutnecessitating the disturbance oi the cylinder undercasing 4, thetaker-in roller 2 or its pedestal 3 Vi hen the wire l on the cylinder 1becomes so worn by grinding that adjustment of the taker-in roller 2 isnecessary, it will be understood that by altering the setting oi thetaker-in roller pedestal 8 to the desired position, the cylinderundercasing 4,, the taker-in roller undercasing 5 and the mote knives 9and 10 are automatically adjusted into their correct positions for thenew setting of the taker-in roller 2.

In Figure 3 is illustrated the means of attaching the cylinderundercasing 4 to the frame 12 of the machine which consists of a bracket13 and the setting of said cylinder undercasing 4 is accomplished byreleasing the clip 6 l) and adjusting the set screw 14, the cylinderundercasing -l pivoting about the clip 6 into the desired position.

It will be understood that the details of construction of the device maybe modified withoutdeparting from the principle of the invention.

Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isIn a carding machine, the combination of a cylinder, a pedestal mountedfor adjustment relatively to said cylinder, a taker-in roller mountedfor rotation in said pedestal, a plate secured to said pedestal andmovable therewith, a cylinder undercasing, a taker-in roller undercasingand a pair of mote knives all independently adjustably secured to saidplate for movement therewith, whereby said members are automatically andsimultaneously adjusted relatively to the cylinder and taker-in rollerwhen said pedestal is adjusted.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

,- h FRANK PLATT,

